Four out of the five Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) who contested in the parliamentary primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper West have lost.
Class FM’s Upper West Regional Correspondent, Dan Hassan reported on Saturday, 28 September 2019, that only Imoro Naadi Sanda of the Daffiama-Busie-Issa District won the election in his constituency to represent the party in the 2020 parliamentary election.
Edward Laabiiri Sabo (Wa West), Catherine Bombanye Amadu (Jirapa), Issahaku Tahiru Moomin (Wa Central) and Catherine Lankono (Nadowli/Kaleo) could not succeed in their bid to represent the party.
Below are the provisional results from the six constituencies of the Upper West Region.
JIRAPA
Paul Derigubah - 352 votes (WINNER)
Christine Bonbanye Amadu - 185 votes
Alex Taabazuing - 45 votes
WA WEST
Mac Adams Banda - 192
Edward Laabiiri Sabo -197 (WINNER)
Daniel Dari Kuunsogno – 224
NADOWLI KALEO
Katherine Lankono -159
Wing Commander Eric Dakurah (rtd) -1
Elvis Botaa - 277 (WINNER)
Cornelius Belbaa - 65
WA CENTRAL
Hajia Humu Awudu - 302 (WINNER)
Salifu Abubakar Orison -7
Issahaku Moomin Tahiru - 260
Janet Bibii Bashiru -16
Alhaji Ahmed Froko – 208
DAFFIAMA/BUSSIE/ ISSA CONSTITUENCY
Abdul Mujeed Kele - 41
Dr Elias Kavinah Sory - 38
Felix Naah - 44 votes
Kanyiri D. Yakubu - 10
Imoro Naadi Sanda -130 (WINNER)
LAMBUSSIE CONSTITUENCY
1. Stephen Delle -33
2. Stephen Bemile - 46
3. Bright Yelviel-Dong Baligi – 201 (WINNER)
4. John Dougar Baloroo - 99
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